The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ASPERMONT STAR.
Published Every Thursday
S. W. THOMAS, Ed. and Prop.
Subscription, $ 1 A Year.
harrison telephone number 13
Entered at the Postoffice at Asper-
mont, Texas, as second-class mail
matter. I
Crop conditions were never so
promising: over West Texas as at
this time and a bumper cotton
crop is almost a certainty.
Says an exchange: I had rather
see my boy a good, honest, in-
dustrious wood hauler, dressed
in coarse pantaloons, blue jump-
er and brogan shoes, than to find
him in store clothes, patent leath-
ers and parading the streets at
midnight smoking cigarettes.
The former is a man, the latter
is a link of weinerwurst with the
meat squeezed out. That's a
fact, so help me God.
The editor spent several days
in different portions of the state
last week, and as a silent listener
heard many complimentary re-
marks on West Texas, and even
some good things were said about
our own county. However, we
did not hear many complimen-
tary remarks about Aspermont,
the- town which should be the
pride of every citizen of the
county. And why was this so?
Do you see that old dilapidated
barn on the square? There lies
the secret. It will ever be thus
as long as our people consent to
its being "good "enough." Let
us get out of the old rut and show
the world at large that we have
some enterprise. We can do it.
How to Get Strong.
P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Con-
gress St., Chicago, tells of a way
to become strong. He says: "My
mother, who is old and was very
feeble, is deriving so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, that I feel
it's my duty to tell those who
need a tonic and strengthening
medicine about it. In my moth-
er's case a marked gain in flesh
has resulted, insomnia has been
overcome, and she is steadily
growing stronger." Electric
Bitters quickly remedy stomach,
liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at Will
Marr's drug store. 50c.
A Combination Offer.
To those who pay cash in ad-
vance and also those who pay
arrearages to the amount of one
year we are going to give abso-
lutely free'the Southern Agri-
culturist, published at Nashville,
Tenn. This offer will not last
long, so hurry up with the
"dough."
Aspermont School News \
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OUR WAY:—Think Clearly;
Will fearlessly; act immediately
Letter to Zack Edwards.
Aspermont, Texas.
Dear Sir: Such experiences as
this are occurring all over the
country.
Judge I. D. Fairchild owns two
houses, exactly alike, in Lufkin,
Texas. J. M. Torrence painted
both houses, one Devoe, '15 Vt. gal-
lons; the other with another
paint sold at same price; 25 gal-
lons. That 25 gallon paint is
weak and 15 per cent whiting;
that's why it took 9>á gallons
more.
You can learn for nothing
what he had to pay for.
Yours truly,
37 F. W. Dkvoe & Co.
P. S. "Little Joe" Tanner
sells our paint.
Now that school is at work,
let's see that none of the interest
or enthusiasm dies. Let's see
that things move. Let's keop
new subjects of discussion before
the coummunity.
Of course, co-operation is our
watchword: it is our text: it is
the means to one great end, the
best school in West Texas.
Now we are going to expect
the children to study at night;
provided you do your duty, par-
ents. It does not matter how
much the teacher urges the
child to study at night, it will not
do it unless the parent sees to it,
each night, that the child is at
work. We shall assign the les-
sons and then it is your duty to
have the children study.
Don't take the child's word in
these matters, altogether. The
child will tell you that the lessons
are so easy that he can get them
at school. Or it will tell you that
it knows them already. Treat
all this sanely. Have the child
to study. The teachers will see
that each child is provided with
enough work to engage his time
at night. If you don't think
they are doing this, let Johnny
have his way some night and
happen in the school room next
morning when he is reciting. If
you will do this and hear the re-
citation of one of these children
that never have enough to do to
demand night work, you will
then be able to appreciate the
necessity of not depending too
much on what the child thinks or
says about its lessons.
Do not think that "passing
grades" is the important thing
to do. Let proficiency be the
aim. I had rather have a child
proficient thru the eighth grade
than have it "pass thru the high
school and some college." The
curse of your school and, in fact,
of every school of like size, is the
lack of proficiency. The chil-
dren are not thorough. The
reason for this is the parent's and
the child's 'eagerness to "pass
grades." So much do they
clamor for it, that few teachers
have the courage to hold the
child where it should be.
So we may not assign as much
work as you or the child may
think it can do. But we shall as-
sign what we think to be suffi-
cient. And had you spent as
much time and thought along
this line as we have, you would
know that we are correct. At
night, just after the child has
read over the lesson, is not the
time to question it about the les-
son. Wait until the following
night. A lesson prepared for
recitation is not learned. To
know á lesson means that the
child can answer the questions a
few days after it learns the lesson.
Now, here, parents. You just
think sanely with us along this
line. You have the child to study.
Have it to study, to study; yes,
to study that lesson over and over
again.
I have just tested mv highest
pupils in doing simple fractions.
They were slow, uncertain and
inaccurate. They learned how?
But that is not sufficient. A les-
son learned is only half finished.
Mastery must follow. The boy
knows how to play base ball. But
he does not stop at that. He goes
out on the field and there, in the
heat of the day, he bats the ball,
he throws the ball, he catches
the ball. He strives for mastery.
These pupils learned how to do
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If you want a home which you can pay for
one-fourth of your crop each year for five years,
come and look. ®
This land is situated 8 miles west of
the county site of Stonewall county, and is
good schools, churches and plenty of timber
water.
If you are looking for something for nothing,
come, but if you want a home at a bargain
one that you can pay for with the rents you
now paying, Come and you will buy.
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fractions. They stopped at that. I before he delivered i£ before the
They did not master them. ' national convention at Chicago
There are two processes inland there captured an eternal
mastering a lesson. 1st, you j lien upon the affections of our
must sit down and think it out, ¡ people.
or reason from the known to the j Quit when you know it? You
unknown. 2nd, you must then had as well not begin. Mastery
is the goal. Study learns the
lessons; but drill, drill, drill,
drill, drill, gives you the mastery.
We may not promote any
pupils at the close of school, but
we purpose returning to you
many pupils who have mastered
a few things. Will you help?
do this thing (think it out, reason
from the known to the unknown)
over and over, over and over,
over and over. The first re-
quires hard labor. The second
demands time.
In arithmetic there are fifty
problems just alike. If you can
work one, you can work all. Here
is where the parent and pupil
err. They will say, "I have
worked one or two of them. The
rest are worked in the same way.
So there is no need of working
the rest. I know how." Yes
the child knows how, but has it
mastered that principle so thor-
oughly that it will never forget
it?
Demosthenes repeated h i s
famousorationshundreds of times
after he memorized them before
he delivered them in the Athen-
ian senate. William Jennings
Bryan repeated his "Cross of
Gold" speech many, many times
It will be a pleasant surprise to
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by taking two doses of Re-Go as
soon as the first symptoms of the
trouble appear. Re-Go is a pleas-
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Thomas, S. W. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1908, newspaper, September 17, 1908; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168382/m1/2/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.